I was sitting at my desk in my company's office on the 7th floor. I glanced outside the window towards the NNE. It was about 1:15pm and partly cloudy. The fireball fell from about 37 degrees toward the horizon for about 3 seconds and then it went behind the clouds. It was bright orangeish yellow. The size was comparable to as if you were viewing about 3-4 airplanes combined together flying at 35,000 feet. First time to see a fireball in the daytime.

Location

Address

Dallas, TX

Latitude

32° 48' 13.14'' N (32.80365°)

Longitude

96° 47' 57.81'' W (-96.799391°)

Elevation

148.68m

Time and Duration

Local Date & Time

2017-04-18 13:15 CDT

UT Date & Time

2017-04-18 18:15 UT

Duration

&ap;3.5s

Direction

Moving direction

From up left to down right

Descent Angle

174°

Moving

Facing azimuth

25°

First azimuth

24.87°

First elevation

38°

Last azimuth

13.78°

Last elevation

19°

Brightness and color

Stellar Magnitude

-25

Color

Orange, Yellow, Light Yellow, White

Concurrent Sound

Observation

No

Remarks

-

Delayed Sound

Observation

No

Remarks

-

Persistent train

Observation

Yes

Duration

2s

Length

5°

Remarks

Glowing trail. Looks like pieces split off the fireball

Terminal flash

Observation

Unknown

Remarks

-

Fragmentation

Observation

Yes

Remarks

Looks like "small" pieces broke off of the fire ball, but most of the fireball stayed intact